About the Job
Are you passionate about collaborating with technology and business leaders to deliver cloud-based solutions? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking recent graduates and early career professionals interested in jump-starting a technical career as an Associate Solutions Architect. AWS TechU is a 12-month accelerated workforce development program focused on helping recent graduates and early career professionals build technical and professional skills to jump-start technical careers at AWS. The program features a six-month cohort-based training followed by six months of on-the-job training. You will complete specialized curriculum, shadow AWS experts, and receive coaching and on-the-job training to help you succeed in your new role. The curriculum is delivered through a mix of digital and classroom training, hands-on labs, and project work.
Key Job Responsibilities
As an Associate Solutions Architect, you’ll help your customers successfully implement cloud technologies. You’ll solve complex, technical challenges so your customers can focus on their business. This includes:
- Crafting scalable, flexible, and resilient cloud architectures
- Driving technical solutions discussions with customer teams
- Building relationships and acting as a trusted technical advisor across various stakeholders
- Ensuring short-term technology decisions align with long-term goals
- Evangelizing within the wider community through education, best practices sharing, and presenting at events
Basic Qualifications
- A current student graduating in 2025 or a recent graduate (0-2 years)
- A degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Mathematics / Technology / Related science/technical field OR equivalent training, certifications, and/or experience (0-2 years)
- Interest and aptitude to learn about and deliver cloud-based solutions to customers
- Experience with one of the programming languages like Java, Python, Ruby, Node.js, C#, or C++ OR the interest and technical ability to learn a programming language
- Written and verbal communication skills and ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions to both large and small audiences
- Fluent proficiency in English
- KSA National
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
- Experience with Networking fundamentals including Security, Storage, or Databases (Relational and/or NoSQL), Operating Systems (Unix, Linux, and/or Windows)
- Experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC) and agile/iterative methodologies
- Knowledge of primary AWS services such as EC2, ELB, RDS, VPC, Route53, and/or S3
- Experience implementing cloud-based technology solutions in school projects or while working for a company
